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Some Recent Films
I’ve been most remiss about noting recent films that I’ve seen on this blog – if only to serve as a contemporaneous record for myself as to what I thought of various films. But before I begin, can I just say that it really can’t be healthy that I’ve had to tell people off twice…
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Downloading Radio
All this week Torchwood is being stripped across BBC1 at 9pm, which may or may not be a good thing. And last week, Radio 4 ran three new 45 minute “Afternoon Plays” of Torchwood (following a one-off episode last autumn surrounding Big Bang Day). What’s really interesting is that the BBC has made all three…
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What Have We Learnt About Mark Damazer?
There’s a nice interview with Radio 4 controller, Mark Damazer, in today’s Media Guardian. You can read the online version here. The piece has an accompanying photo, but the version on the website is a little small. It’s worth having a look at the newspaper one for a few more interesting titbits! For example, Damazer…
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Radio Festival – Wednesday
These are rough notes and I’ll need to tidy them up at a later stage. Jeremy Hunt, shadow DCMS representative, was first up today, and talked about the uniqueness of radio and his radio history. He’s certain that radio has a good future, although he knows how badly commercial radio is faring. He notes that…
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Radio Festival – Tuesday
[Note: Thiese are rough notes so apologies for any typos and general bad English. I’ll try to update as I go.] Nicky Campbell kicked off proceedings as host with a few stories about his life in radio before introducing a very nice summary of radio in the last 12 months. The first panel has Tim…
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Setanta
So Setanta’s finally died – or at least gone into administration. It’s as good as dead. It won’t be missed by many. It did itself no good by having a reputation for truly awful customer service. In particular, cancelling it proved near impossible with, at times, people being asked to write a letter (no phone…
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Radio Times – 22 June 2009
Tonight’s TV selection is a tribute to those MPs’ expenses! Programmes of an unsuitable nature have been redacted on grounds of taste. I’m selling the original to the Telegraph. See the large version.
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Arcadia
I first saw Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia in 1993 at the Theatre Royal Bath, when the play was touring following its premiere at the National Theatre in London. It was a joy to watch and I instantly fell in love with it. I rushed out to buy the text. It was smart, and literate. The dialogue…
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Digital Britain: 2015 – First Thoughts on Radio
It’s finally here – The Digital Britain report. It’s Lord Stephen Carter’s magnum opus, before he ups and offs. The headlines are sure to be the levy charged on fixed lines to fund broadband, encouraging and enabling the wider take-up of broadband, and even the piracy issue. What happens to BBC licence fee money is…
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Radio Times – 16 June 2009
Unsure what to see on TV tonight? Let my notes on top of today’s Radio Times guide you through the major channels. As always, this is best viewed very large to read my scribbles.
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Lightning
Glorious sunshine at lunchtime. Electrical storms by 7pm.
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Email Marketing
This is easily a topic for a book, but I shall limit this to a short rant about Epson. In early January this year I bought a new printer – an Epson. It was nice printer, not massively overpriced, but a good quality photo printer with the widely priased Claria ink system. During installation and…
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Yellowface/All The Lovers In The Night
Yellowface by R F Kuang I first came across R F Kuang with last year’s very enjoyable Babel, an alternate history of the British Empire told in a world where magic exists and is controlled by an elite group of individuals. Yellowface is very different, but no less enjoyable. It’s a book about books, and…
Hadrian’s Wall
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